New York outfit Side Saddle is a band helmed by musician Ian McGuinness, who recently returned with their new single “Evergreen Magic” On it the band channel the childhood memories of the holiday season and reflects on the time spent finding the Christmas tree with his dad every year.
The new song is being released in tandem with a one-off brew sharing the same name from Side Saddle’s friends at Long Island, NY-based Blue Point Brewing Co. Which is all you need to know about its quality.
It’s an honest and sincere indie-folk and emo offering that delivers a raw and honest sound that distills all that’s great about the genre. You feel as if you shared the same memories that McGuinness is singing about ever so delicately. For fans of Pinegrove, Death Cab for Cutie, and beyond, you must give “Evergreen Magic” a listen now below. But first, here’s a quote from McGuinness about the song:
I’m a big Christmas Tree guy. I grew up going to a place called ‘Wilkins Fruit and Fir Farm’ in Yorktown Heights, NY. I didn’t grow up with many family traditions but the one my Dad and I both loved the most was going to the farm and cutting down our own Christmas Tree. He was off on Mondays so we would go the first Monday in December, my sister, my mom, my dad, and I. We would bring our own bow saw, jump on the hay wagon and ride out until we got lost in the evergreens, jump off and start looking for ‘the tree.’ The family joke was that we always picked one that was too big and would never cut enough off of the bottom, so the top of the tree would always scratch the ceiling leaving a mark on the ceiling. For whatever reason, we never painted over the previous years’ line’s from Christmas Trees of years passed. It was sort of like a tally of how many years we’d kept the tradition. ”
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